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| affright - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | ||
| panic, terror | ||
| fright, fearfulness, fear the trait of being afraid | ||
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| affright - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| frighten, fright, scare | ||
| dread, fear be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" | ||
| shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, scare, dash, pall cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" | ||
| bluff frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | ||
| awe inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" | ||
| terrify, terrorise, terrorize fill with terror; frighten greatly | ||
| intimidate make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" | ||
| horrify, alarm, appal, appall, dismay warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" | ||
| consternate fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" | ||
| spook frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- affright (v. t.)
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. - affright (p. a.)
Affrighted. - affright (n.)
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. - affright (n.)
The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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affright
af-frīt′, v.t. to frighten—also Affright′en.—n. Affright′, sudden terror.—pa.p. Affright′ed, frightened.—adv. Affright′edly.—adj. Affright′ful (arch.).—n. Affright′ment, sudden fear. [A.S. afyrhtan. See Fright.]
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🔤- affright, verb, present, 1st person singular of affright (infinitive).
- affright, verb (infinitive).
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